paul ryan, however, doesn't seem to get it. you know, the republican party just went through this exhaustive autopsy of all of the things that they did wrong. >> right. >> that have caused them to lose not just the last elections but five out of six of the popular election votes and presidential elections over the last several runs. but paul ryan believes that it was an austerity that sank the romney/ryan ticket. he believes he just didn't sell that austerity enough. he has said that. he believes, oh, we just didn't message it well enough. the american people knew exactly what they were selling and they wanted no part of it. and yet here they come, bringing back the same tired losing ideas again. >> now, you know, congressman, today during the debate, house republicans insisted that the public's spending can't create jobs. take a listen. >> we're not promoting additional stimulus spending as the budget being proposed is. a giant proposal for additional spending did not help us several years ago. jobs do not come from additional